iOS build fails on Xcode 16 / iOS 26

[ShahilMangroliya]

Current behavior

On Xcode 16 with the iOS 18 SDK, the build fails because react-native-compressor imports the removed AssetsLibrary framework and references ALAssetsLibrary. The compiler suggests using PHPhotoLibrary. This blocks archives on current Apple toolchains.

Expected behavior

It should work

Platform

• [] Android
• iOS

React Native Version

"react-native": "0.81.4",

React Native Compressor Version

"react-native-compressor": "^1.12.0",

Reproducible Steps And Demo

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[felixspitzer]

Running into the same issue

[ymc-thzi]

Same issue, app cannot build anymore in XCode 26 because of obsolete AssetsLibrary used in react-native-compressor

[ShahilMangroliya]

Fix

diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-compressor/ios/Image/ImageCompressor.swift b/node_modules/react-native-compressor/ios/Image/ImageCompressor.swift
index 6b7cc49..e2f551a 100644
--- a/node_modules/react-native-compressor/ios/Image/ImageCompressor.swift
+++ b/node_modules/react-native-compressor/ios/Image/ImageCompressor.swift
@@ -370,8 +370,10 @@ class ImageCompressor {
             var results: PHFetchResult<PHAsset>?
             
             if imageURL?.scheme?.caseInsensitiveCompare("assets-library") == .orderedSame {
-                assetID = imageURL?.absoluteString ?? ""
-                results = PHAsset.fetchAssets(withALAssetURLs: [imageURL!], options: nil)
+                // ALAsset URLs are no longer supported in iOS 18+
+                // Return an error or handle gracefully
+                print("Warning: ALAsset URLs are no longer supported in iOS 18+. Please use PHAsset local identifiers instead.")
+                return
             } else {
                 assetID = imagePath.replacingOccurrences(of: "ph://", with: "")
                 results = PHAsset.fetchAssets(withLocalIdentifiers: [assetID], options: nil)
diff --git a/node_modules/react-native-compressor/ios/Video/VideoMain.swift b/node_modules/react-native-compressor/ios/Video/VideoMain.swift
index 6fe5e9c..af8a0b5 100644
--- a/node_modules/react-native-compressor/ios/Video/VideoMain.swift
+++ b/node_modules/react-native-compressor/ios/Video/VideoMain.swift
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import Foundation
-import AssetsLibrary
 import AVFoundation
 import Photos
 import MobileCoreServices

[johnsnaply]

+1 same here

[DvzZDev]

Same error here, @numandev1 any fix?
(Edit: The patch above from @ShahilMangroliya works, used patch-package)

[TwanLuttik]

mport AssetsLibrary

Dealing with the same error and this patch works perfectly, I use patch-package to apply this

[roidayan1]

fixing patch:

react-native-compressor+1.12.0.patch

[AyoParadis]

hope this gets merged asap

[garshythoel]

@numandev1 Please fix

[ursnj]

@numandev1 Any plans for fixing this ?

[mohammadamin16]

it seems to be fixed in the new version: 1.13

[petrbela]

I can confirm it is fixed in 1.13.0

[shubhamdev098]

this issue is occuring for package 'react-native-compressor' package when buidling the react native ios app. My issue was resolved when i updated the package to latest version '1.13'.